Paul Ryan continued the Republican Party’s pathetic campaign to defend the massive tax cuts and giveaways to the ultra-wealthy they passed into law.

The most recent attempt involved touting a $1.50 per week pay bulge that a large school secretary reported seeing in her paycheck.

Days after thanking the billionaire Koch brothers for helping transfer the tax scam along, Ryan cited a passage in an Associated Press story on his own Twitter accounts, seemingly believing that the extra funds the woman obtained — which amount to $78 a year — justify the unpopular tax legislation.

The out-of-touch tweet comes just days after the information the United States will have to raise the debt ceiling earlier than expected thanks to the tax bill.